Dark Lord s Cinderella

^^Highway

A carriage was passing on the highway with escorts when an arrow hits the carriage driver. He falls dead and the assistant driver jumped out of the seat. The horses came to a halt and the eight escorts quickly took their places around the carriage. It housed the second Princess of Beaufort.

She was returning from a visit to her suitor and she was currently on her way to the castle. Five foreign men clad in turban and robes jumped down from the trees and ambushed them. The first one sliced the first escorts head from his neck and they heard a scream from within the carriage.

The next two escorts began duelling with two other foreigners. The last two were kicking and slamming the rest. Princess Aurora gulped from inside. It just looked like a story to her. She was yet to understand everything completely. Arming herself with a dagger, she opened the door. Just three of her escorts were surviving.

One of the foreigners kicked one of her guards and fell him down. Sending a rapier into his eyes, he brought it out. “Get on with that” his colleague commanded in a foreign language. “Look at our belle!” their leader said and she growled. She was not going to die without a fight.

The foreigner took the rapier and sent it into the second eye and the guard yelled in pains. Laughing hardly, he stabbed his heart and cleaned the blade with a piece of cloth. One of the foreigners grabbed her from the back and she stabbed him at his Adam’s apple and he choked.

“Our princess is a certified warrior princess” one of them spoke in a faint accent which she understood. “How dare you?” she said but another guy slashed her knees and she groaned immensely. Blood began to pour out and she fell on the ground. “I refuse to stand down” she said with a tone of finality.

One of the men took out a sword and sliced her neck. Her head fell off from her body and dropped on the floor. “For our Kingdom!” he shouted “For our Kingdom” they echoed after him. “You will send this head to the King as fast as possible” he ordered and the assistant driver nodded.

He was kept alive for this purpose. Now he would fulfil it accordingly.

^^Court Room

Blanc rushed into the court room bowing his head. “My King” he greeted and saw that the Queen Dowager also present. “Your highness” he greeted too and he produced the Princess’s head. “Oh no” Regina screamed seeing her daughter’s head on Blanc’s hand.

“Who did this?” King Rosario asked trying to contain his wrath. He couldn’t believe that his sister was killed in a cruel way. It was abominable and whoever did it must go punished. He spared a glance at his mom as she was already screaming her head out.

“A burial will be carried out soon, I will need to see someone” he said to Blanc who nodded. “Inform Aphrodite at once” he ordered and Blanc left.

No one knew that Princess Aurora was going to be arriving today apart from his royal adviser, Austin. That coward was spying on his every move, he was informing the foreigners and he had the nerve to do this? Why hadn’t he taken notice of this earlier?

He walked to his second in command and Eskimo bowed lowly. “I have an assignment for you”

^^Austin’s Manor

Austin lived in a rich house given to him by the King. His family were well to do and his children were grown. He was in his fifties but still agile and healthy. Emilia, his wife walked into the foyer where her daughter was knitting and smiled. “It seems you are getting a hang of this”.